How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

The next level above developing your communication skills is developing your emotional intelligence (EQ)

By understanding the nuances in how people feel based on the way they look and sound, you can develop even deeper connections with others.

Comment 💛 if you feel you have good EQ

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[josiejams]

People are talking about it more now, but learning to be a good listener has got to be one of the absolute #1 best skills you can work on in your adult life, it impacts everything. I'm someone who talks a lot, enjoys expressing my thoughts, and likes to steer conversations, but I think the biggest difference between my teenage years and my adult/career/married life has come from learning to be a better listener. It is absolutely a skill, and the benefits of honing it seem immeasurable.

[sawtoothcurruthers]

The random shirt color change was interesting. I have recently found your content and really enjoy it. Your “yes, and” technique is very helpful.

[apr]

Hey Vinh, this was amazing and insightful 😊

[FbodzRyuji]

To be EQ high and awareness is good, but how to react to situation is also another skillset, and that skillset is what most people are lacking

I wish i can learn on techniques and skills on how to react to certain situation as the reading is easy, but the reacting is very hard.

[wombat]

I think if you could really listen with all your being and parts.... You can learn how to measure and respond in kind with kindness ... Or you could very well end up projecting onto others by accident and have an impaired relationship with people

[jonathanm]

I love your stuff Vinh.

I've been working on having more EQ.

Do we need to apologise every time someone is offended? What responsibility do people have to be more resilient and not be offended?

An observation: your plosives are quite distracting. A suggestion: get a pop filter or move back from the mic.

Keep being awesome!!

[Versole]

I’m totally different I’m at good listening but not good at expressing.

[ohhellotherewhyareyouhere]

How do we balance this? Some of us have anxiety which may lead to overthinking and poor sense of judgment.

[iamthestormthatisapproaching]

Wow, I have been overlooking this for awhile now! My current job has a ton of employees and they tend to think or express themselves differently. I'm not very good at listening, but pair that with not understanding how a person feels based on what they're saying or why they're saying the things they say, it becomes very frustrating. You'd probably get an impression from someone thinking that you're crazy, or they'd say, "I'm serious, " when you're just giving them a filler chuckle.

Someone at work, customer, co-worker, maybe even your friend, would give you a 5 second comment about their day and it goes shooting way over your head; like a comet passing over the horizon. You may not be in the mood to listen, but doing this often will damage your relationship with that person. Maybe not if you're buddies with a particular friend, but it will ruin a relationship! It's something I noticed ever since I picked up my job because it is just so apparent!

[zarocampo]

I just wrote this question a while ago... What a coincidence

[butitsamazing]

1st viewer, 1st viewer. Vinh we love youuu

[ecospider]

I tried that but couldn’t hear any of the ques so it didn’t help. I had to find other techniques.

[andreansihombing]

Can you do it with watching film? Or it needs real situation like hearing court or debate?

[shubhdayani]

Hey Vinh
when i see your face in a video, due to your hairstyle you do not look confident and...
Does are style matter like how we dress up, a body shape etc?